Board of Directors

Foundation Board Officers

David Brint
Chairman
Co-Founder and Principal
Brinshore Development
Northbrook, Illinois

Karen Petrou*
Executive Vice Chair
Co-Founder
Federal Financial Analytics
Washington, DC

Jason Morris
Vice Chair, Board Communications & Development and Treasurer
Chief Operating Officer
Courtesy Products
St. Louis, Missouri

Haynes Lea
Secretary
Partner
Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, PA
Charlotte, North Carolina

Gordon Gund
Co-Founder, Director, Chairman Emeritus
Chairman and CEO
Gund Investment Corporation
Princeton, New Jersey

Steve Alper
Interim Vice Chair, Development
Managing Director
Stifel Financial
New York, New York

Bradford Manning
Vice Chair, Marketing, Communications and Social Media
Co-Founder, Two Blind Brothers
New York, New York

Edward Russnow**
Vice Chair, Development
President
MAC Products, Inc.
Kearny, New Jersey

Jonathan Steinberg, MD
Vice Chair, Research
Professor of Medicine
University of Rochester 
School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester, New York

Maryrose Sylvester
Vice Chair, At Large
Raleigh, North Carolina

Foundation Board Directors

Scott Burt
Director
Castle Rock, CO

William Carty
Director
Herndon, Virginia

Darren DeVoue
Director
Executive Advisor
SAP America
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania

Jason Ferreira
Director
Owner
Ferreira Foodtown
Greater New York City Area

Jeffrey Freed
Director
Co-Founder, Former Managing Partner
Arlington Capital Partners
Hollywood, Florida

Adrienne Graves, PhD
Director
Former President & CEO
Santen Inc.
San Francisco, California

Robert Heidenberg
Director
President and CEO
Heidenberg Properties Group
Closter, New Jersey

Janni Lehrer-Stein
Director
San Francisco, California

Marsha D. Link, PhD
Director
Principal
Link Consulting
Newport Beach, California

Laura Manfre
Director
Chair, Co-Founder, HOPE in FOCUS
Director, Learning & Development, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Ledyard, Connecticut

Janine Marks Nixon
Director
Co-Founder, Chief Giving Officer
Nixon Visions Foundation
San Diego, California

Evan Mittman
Director
Armonk, New York

David Nixon
Director
Executive Chairman
InformedDNA
Pasadena, California

Martha Steele
Director
Arlington, Massachusetts

Joshua Steinberg
Director
Duane Morris LLP
South Orange, New Jersey

Warren Thaler
Director
Ardmore, Pennsylvania

*Board Chair Elect effective July 1, 2024.
**Temporary leave of absence.